January 2011 Blog Posts (7)

 To the Family of the overboard sailor....my thoughts and prayers to you all... I saw this on the Navy.com just one day before my son was to be abaord the Truxtun 103.

I always put crazy titles on blogs as they make you laugh and get you all curious as to what it's about.

 

Firstly, let me say thank you for the warm welcome to the site from the Admin and co-admin people, it's really appreciated.  Leeanne hasn't even left for Boot Camp yet and already I have questions!!  Is it true they don't eat or sleep for the first 40 hours?  If so, I welcome it for her, toughen her up and make her realise what she is capable of.

 

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Its with heavy heart I post the passing of this sailor she was found in the gulf of oman. Her  name has been withheld pending notification of next of kin.

http://www.military.com/news/article/navy-hunts-for-sailor-feared-overboard.html?ESRC=eb.nl

 

Shipmate rest your oars!!

 

 

From U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs

 

GULF OF OMAN (NNS) -- U.S. and British units are searching for a Sailor from USS Halsey (DDG 97) who went missing while the ship was conducting operations in the Gulf of Oman Jan. 18.



The Sailor did not report to watch and after a search of the ship, man overboard was called away.



Helicopters from Halsey, USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7), and the Royal Navy's HMS Cumberland (F85) are currently conducting…

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My Daughter is on The Abe Lincoln, same group of striker ships that the Halsey is in ,where the female Sailor went missing or is overboard, my thoughts and prayers go out to the Sailor and her family. This is a little close to home due to the fact that it is in the same group as my Daughters ship, and I hear that sometimes Sailors go from ship to ship for various reasons, have'nt received e-mail from my Daughter for a few days, can't help but to worry.

The response to this was great. I never expected to have a welcome like this.

My son Wyatt is still in the very early stages of entering the Navy. He will go to his physical test and final enlistment next month. He hopes to be headed to bootcamp right after his high school graduation. Im am very proud of him. He was looking at going to the Coast Guard for the last couple of years. One of his football team mates enlisted in the Navy last year and came home a month ago and told Wyatt what…

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Fellow dads, thanks for the welcome aboard.

 

My father served 20 years USN and now my daughter is following in his footsteps. There were some tense moments out here in California waiting for the weather to clear in the midwest but she's on the chilly ground in Great Lakes and just got off the bus.

 

Any insight into what to expect in the next eight or nine weeks will be appreciated. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area so she has quite a rude awakening adjusting…

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